Holocaust

  • Law abiding citizen

    I don’t know what it is but the last few days I have discovered several accounts of victims of the Holocaust which are very near to me. Not so much that I was related to these people or that I knew them, but I knew the locality and the addresses where they lived. In fact…

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  • There are so many stories and accounts written about the Holocaust. Often in horrific detail and concerning large numbers. When you look at the numbers, be it 6 million Jews and another 5 million or so  of Roma, Homosexuals, Disabled and other groups, the numbers are staggering. However they are also nearly impossible to fathom…

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  • The story of the two Tulp brothers is bizarre and yet intriguing in more way than one. They were half brothers, the older brother took the path of evil although he was a police officer, Where the younger one risked his life by resisting the evil his brother was part of. Sybren Tulp was born…

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  • The title of this blog is an address. It will mean very little to most people. It is not the address of someone famous or some well known shop or even museum. It is basically a very insignificant address in the greater scheme of things. But in a microcosm it has such great relevance and…

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  • The child is no more

    The biblical verse Genesis 37-30 has several translation from “the boy is not there” to “And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?” But for te title of this blog I used the literal translation of the version of the text which can be found…

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  • The Eagle

    The eagle flies high in the sky on a warm, sunny day. He wonders if he can fly to the sun because he is the ruler in the skies; no one can stop him. He can go wherever he wants to go—free to roam, not restricted by anyone or anything. During his flight, a strange…

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  • This blog contains 2 pictures of 2 baby boys both aged 10 months. With these pictures I will be attempting to explain the Holocaust in a way that most anyone can understand it. Having that said no one will really ever understand how it was possible to massacre so many innocent lives on such an…

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  • Despite his English sounding name, Harald Turner was born in the town of Leun in the district of Hesse in Germany in 1891. He served as an SS commander in Serbia during WWII. His description of some crimes he had been involved in are truly chilling, not so much because of the horrific crimes themselves…

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  • An instrument is not just a thing used to create music. Anyone who owns and plays an instrument knows that at some stage it becomes a part of you. It is no longer just a physical entity but it becomes filled with a bit of your soul. I do not know who owned this violin…

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  • I don’t know why but ever since I moved to Ireland I have found myself explaining my name quite a bit. I have been called Derek,Declan,Kirk and other variations.Nowadays I usually say “Dirk like Dirk Bogarde” it mostly takes another few minutes for people to get my last name right. Most people will have heard…

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